Sec. 20. 7 MRSA §4041, as amended by PL 1997, c. 690, §§47 to 49, is further amended to read:

§4041. Animal trespass

1. Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings.

A. "Animal control officer" or "law enforcement officer" means the animal control officer or law enforcement officer having jurisdiction over the area in which the livestock animal or domestic water fowl was found.

A-1. "Domestic water fowl" means domestic ducks, domestic geese and other domestic water fowl.

B. "Livestock animal" means dairy, feeding, beef or breeding cattle; horses; sheep; goats; donkeys; or swine

C. "Trespass" means that a livestock animal or domestic water fowl of an owner or keeper has entered or been found on the property of another person.

1-A.__Trespass.__An owner of an animal may not allow that animal to enter onto the property of another after the owner has been warned by a law enforcement officer or animal control officer that that animal was found on the property of another.

2. Removal. The owner or keeper of a livestock an animal or domestic water fowl is responsible, at the owner's or keeper's expense, for removing any livestock animal or domestic water fowl found trespassing. An animal control officer or law enforcement officer may, at the owner's or keeper's expense, remove and control a livestock an animal or domestic water fowl found trespassing if:

A. The owner or keeper fails to remove the livestock animal or domestic water fowl within 12 hours after having been